Rector Announces Upcoming Retirement
This week our rector, Bob Appleyard, announced that he will retire at the end of September. His retirement comes at the end of 35 years of parish ministry, the last 15 of which have been at St. Barnabas.
One of our mothers is known for saying, 'The only constant in life is change.' Bob's retirement will bring change to the Appleyards and to our parish. Another of our mothers likes to say, 'change is good.' And we often cry, 'change is difficult.' Both can be simultaneously true: we have an opportunity for celebrating our time working together in the the Master's vineyard as well as a chance to take time to grieve over the departure from each other. And then we are given the opportunity to prayerfully discern the Master's call to us to be an inclusive inviting, forming, sending & serving family.
Read Bob's letter to the parish.
Read the wardens' letter to the parish.
One of our mothers is known for saying, 'The only constant in life is change.' Bob's retirement will bring change to the Appleyards and to our parish. Another of our mothers likes to say, 'change is good.' And we often cry, 'change is difficult.' Both can be simultaneously true: we have an opportunity for celebrating our time working together in the the Master's vineyard as well as a chance to take time to grieve over the departure from each other. And then we are given the opportunity to prayerfully discern the Master's call to us to be an inclusive inviting, forming, sending & serving family.
Read Bob's letter to the parish.
Read the wardens' letter to the parish.
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